Day two just wrapped and all we can say is “wow!”. Remember, you can still grab a ticket (up until Friday, Jan 30). If you missed a day, you can simply watch the replays back on your own schedule. Right now those replays are live and ready for you to view, assuming you bought a ticket that is. 🙂

11am est – Mark Coker
We started the morning with Smashwords founder Mark Coker. Mark presented a session called “Hit the Bestseller Lists with Ebook Preorders“. Here are some notes from the presentation.

Sat and sunday’s are the biggest ebook selling days. Most large pub release on Tues, so do a different day.

Try to pick books similar to yours, but also that have over 10 reviews and an average 4 star rating

You want to find books that can be discounted to 99 cents

Easier to pitch to indie authors because they don’t need permission from trad pub

Shoot for BIG names, you never know who is going to say yes

You will probably have a 33% success rate with attracting authors so contact a lot! You’ll want no more than 20 in the bundle.

Create your event through your fan page for advantages like tracking stats. Don’t do it through your personal page.

3pm est – Nick Stephenson
At 3pm est we had Nick Stephenson presenting “Reader Magnets: Find your First 10,000 Readers (and keep them)“. We don’t want to spoil it for everyone by posting his tips, but rest assured, you do not want to miss his replay presentation.

5:30pm est – Derek Murphy
At 5:30pm est we wrapped up the day with favorite, and AMlive veteran speaker Derek Murphy who presented “Designing Your Own Best Selling Book Cover.”